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AIG Autopsy: Eliot Spitzer Calls For Investigation Like Swiss UBS

Huffington Post | Adam J. Rose | Posted 12.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Swiss Baking Federation, Economic Crisis, Aig, American International Group, Robert Johnson, Eliot Spitzer, Swiss National Bank, Ubs, Bailout, Rob Johnson, Spitzer, Financial Crisis, Bank Bailout, Business News

Inquiring minds want to know ... where's the inquiry? Three prominent former prosecutors are calling for the government to make AIG release interna...

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Bradly C. Birkenfeld, Ex-UBS Banker, Wants BILLIONS For Blowing Whistle On Secret Accounts

nytimes.com | LYNNLEY BROWNING | Posted 11.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Tax Dodgers, Offshore Bank Accounts, National-Whistleblower-Center, Ubs, Bradley C. Birkenfeld, UBS Overseas Tax Accounts, Swiss Bank Accounts, Business News

Bradley C. Birkenfeld was sentenced to 40 months in prison for helping rich Americans dodge their taxes. Now he is hoping for a bit more -- a few bill...

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Offshore Bank Accounts Revealed To IRS By 14,700 Taxpayers

AP | Curt Anderson | Posted 11.17.2009 | Business

Read More: UBS Bank, Offshore Bank Accounts, Doug Shulman, Taxes, Ubs, Irs, Swiss Bank Accounts, Amnesty, Offshore Accounts, Business News

MIAMI (AP)-- More than 14,700 U.S. taxpayers came forward to disclose billions in offshore bank accounts in 70 countries under a voluntary Internal Re...

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SEC Reportedly In Settlement Talks With BofA And UBS

Reuters | Posted 11.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Bank of America, Ubs, Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC Settlement Talks, CDR Financial Products Inc, Municipal Investment Contracts, U.S. Justice Department, Business News

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Securities and Exchange Commission is in settlement talks with several large financial institutions to resolve investigations...

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UBS Bank Accounts: More Than 7,500 Americans Come Forward About Secret Foreign Accounts

Anna Schecter and Brian Ross | Posted 10.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Ubs, Irs, UBS Bank Accounts, Internal Revenue Service, Swiss Banks, Swiss Bank Accounts, Tax Dodgers, Tax Cheats, Tax Havens, Business News

Faced with a Thursday midnight deadline to avoid possible prosecution, more than 7,500 Americans have come clean about secret foreign bank accounts, a...

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Tax Deadline Nears For Americans With Offshore Bank Accounts

New York Times | LYNNLEY BROWNING | Posted 10.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Offshore Accounts, Tax Accountants, Bank Accounts, Banks, Irs, Switzerland, Taxes, Internal Revenue Service, Secret Bank Accounts, Lawyers, Caribbean Bank Accounts, Ubs, Swiss Bank Accounts, Rich, Wealthy, Caribbean, Foreign Banks, Business News

Thursday is the deadline for Americans to come clean about the money they have hidden offshore, in places like Swiss bank accounts. No one can say wit...

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Citi Fined For Derivatives Deals

cnbc.com | Posted 10.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Ubs, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Citigroup, Business News

Citigroup is expected to be fined $600,000 by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority over derivatives transactions that helped foreign clients av...

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Are You Serious, UBS?

Norb Vonnegut | Posted 10.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Top Producer, Acrimoney, Norb Vonnegut, Ubs, Business News
Norb Vonnegut

UBS, your struggles with the IRS are beginning to get in the way of business. If you're not lucky, vultures from other financial companies will soon be plucking at your market share like roadkill.

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The Big Secret Wealthy Investors Don't Want You to Know

Dan Solin | Posted 10.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Bear Stearns, Investments, Bernie Madoff, Hedge Funds, Wealth Management, Ubs, Business News
Dan Solin

Wealthy investors can be enticed to buy "alternative investments" like hedge funds and private equity deals. How is that working for them? Not well.

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The Most Damning Internal Emails Of The Financial Crisis (PHOTOS)

Posted 11.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Slidepoll, Countrywide Finanical, Bear Sterns, Daniel Mudd, Fannie Mae, Internal Emails, Angelo Mozilo, S&P, Matthew Tannin, Brendan Ciofi, Ubs, Business News

In case you haven't heard, emails live forever. Which may mean that the full story of the financial crisis is lying dormant somewhere on a few forgott...

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UBS To Shut Its New York Art Gallery

Wealth Bulletin | Tara Loader Wilkinson | Posted 11.11.2009 | New York

Read More: Art Gallery, The Ubs Art Gallery, UBS New York, Mark Arena, UBS Art Gallery, Colin Thomson, UBS Closes Art Gallery, Ubs, Nyc Art, New York Art, New York News

The UBS art gallery, located in the lobby of its building at 1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York City, will close after the current exhibition, "Jac...

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UBS Whistleblower Sentenced to 40-Month Prison Term Puts Chill on Whistleblowing

Gary S. Chafetz | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gold Banc, Fraud, Ubs, Whistleblowers, Irs, False Claims Act, Fca, Swiss Bank Accounts, Bradley Birkenfeld, Farmers, Abraham Lincoln, Swiss Numbered Bank Accounts, National Whistleblowers Center, U. S. Treasury, Qui Tam, Politics News
Gary S. Chafetz

Bradley Birkenfeld may be one of the most effective whistleblowers in the nation's history. His reward? A 40-month prison sentence.

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Weekly Audit: EFCA, Tax Cheats and the Racial Wealth Gap

The Media Consortium | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: The Nation, Grittv, The American Prospect, Employee Free Choice Act, Housing, Truthdig, Racial Equality, Economy, Scandal, Salon, Ubs, Weekly Audit, Net Work, Mortgage, Unemployment, The Media Consortium, Labor Laws, Bank, Zach Carter, Tmc, Politics News
The Media Consortium

The U.S. economy may finally be bottoming out. But while conditions may improve in a dry, statistical sense, the foundation for a productive economy has been decimated over the past three decades.

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Dirty Money Flees Swiss Banks for Singapore

Diane Francis | Posted 09.22.2009 | World

Read More: Ubs, Swiss, Singapore, White Collar Crime, Secret-Bank-Accounts, Cayman Islands, Swiss Banks, Secret Bank Accounts, Tax Evasion, World News
Diane Francis

UBS will hand over information on the accounts of 4,450 wealthy Americans, the bank has announed. But this should be just the beginning and the next big target should be Singapore.

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Comparison Of Global Purchasing Power Finds Oslo, Copenhagen, Zurich, Geneva Most Expensive Cities

The Huffington Post | Posted 09.20.2009 | World

Read More: World's Most Expensive Cities, Ubs, Purchasing Power, Geneva, UBS Study, Cheapest Cities, Ubs Study Purchasing Power, Zurich, Copenhagen, Oslo, World News

Oslo, Copenhagen, Zurich, Geneva, Tokyo and New York have been dubbed the most expensive cities in the world. The UBS "Prices and Earnings" survey of...

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United States of America vs. UBS: A Step Too Far?

Georges Ugeux | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ubs, $780 Million in Fines, Swiss Government, Irs, Swiss Bank, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Finra, Taxation, Tax Fraud, Taxpayers, Switzerland Banks, Swiss Bank Accounts, Chancellor Angela Merkel, Swiss Banks Secrecy, US Banks, Us-Taxpayers, Tax Evasion, Oecd, Nicolas Sarkozy, Switzerland, British Prime Minister Brown, Tax Havens, Politics News
Georges Ugeux

There is no winner when fundamental rule of law and customer loyalty are not respected. This will have major ramifications outside of Switzerland and the United States.

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Who Works The Least? The French, According To UBS Study

Posted 09.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Dublin, Ipod, UBS Study, Helsinki, Zurich, Study, Paris, New York City, New York, Most Expensive Cities, Tokyo, Ubs, World's Most Expensive Cities, Geneva, Cairo, Copenhagen, Vienna, Business News

Oslo, Copenhagen, Zurich, Geneva and Tokyo are more expensive than New York, according to a new study released Wednesday by UBS. The study analyzes...

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UBS Deals Cause Switzerland To Back Down on Bank Secrecy

Marilyn Barrett | Posted 09.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Ubs, Swiss-Tax-Fraud, Tax Fraud, Tax, Tax-Evasion, Swiss Tax Haven, Tax Havens, Business News
Marilyn Barrett

While we Americans are rightfully angry with our banks, the Swiss must be furious with UBS for the havoc it has wrecked on their famous banking industry, which relied on secrecy for much of its success.

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UBS To Divulge 4,450 Account Names, More Expected

AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 09.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Ubs, Switzerland, Irs, UBS and IRS, Finance, Swiss Banks, Swiss Bank Accounts, Banks, Tax Havens, UBS Taxes, Business News

WASHINGTON — The U.S. pulled back the veil on Switzerland's famed tradition of banking secrecy Wednesday, winning an agreement for banking giant...

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UBS Money Laundering: What Did Phil Gramm Know?

Robert Scheer | Posted 09.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Robert Scheer, Money Laundering, Ubs, Phil Gramm, Commodity Futures Modernization Act, Gramm-Leach-Biley Act, Business News
Robert Scheer

Given the widespread involvement of UBS in what the Justice Department alleges were efforts to violate U.S. tax laws, it must be asked: Did Gramm have no inkling about what was going on?

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UBS-Swiss Bank Tax Cheats: Man Admits Hiding $1 Million Overseas

Posted 09.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Ubs, Tax Cheats, COGS Enterprises, John McCarthy, Swiss Banks, Business News

The names of American UBS AG clients who've hidden money overseas to avoid paying millions taxes has begun to trickle in. But the details of just how ...

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Tax Fraud, Tax Havens, UBS and Bears ... Oh My!

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 09.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Offshore Bank Accounts, Us Ubs Case, Ubs, Tax Evasion, Swiss Bank Accounts, Business News
Hale

The US government has come to an agreement with UBS regarding a long-running tax fraud investigation. This has been a fascinating case to watch for several reasons that I will explain.

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The Human Element: Implement Stay Interviews Before It's Too Late

Jon Younger | Posted 09.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Talent Management, Human Resources, Employee, Ibm, Management, Interview, Ubs, Business News
Jon Younger

Taking employee loyalty for granted is naïve. At least some of your best employees have already started looking around for opportunities beyond what they believe is achievable with your company.

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US, Swiss Cement Deal On Secret UBS Bank Accounts

AP | JESSICA GRESKO | Posted 09.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Swiss Accounts, Ubs, Swiss Bank Accounts, Business News

MIAMI — The Swiss and U.S. governments announced a deal Wednesday to settle American demands for the identities of suspected tax dodgers, despit...

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A Jealous Wife's Revenge Makes for Bad Law

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 08.13.2009 | World

Read More: South Africa, Regulation, Adultery, Sharia Law, Sharia, Uae, Citicorp, Discrimination, Ubs, United Arab Emirates, Dubai, World News
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi

What should be clear to everyone in the UAE is that sex outside marriage is against the law. This is not France. What isn't clear is whether the implementation of this law is even-handed.

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